Books – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:14:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Books – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 How Books Shaped Civilizations: From Ancient Scrolls to Digital Libraries https://brewminate.com/how-books-shaped-civilizations-from-ancient-scrolls-to-digital-libraries/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:14:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=271850 Someone had to be first. Around 3400 BCE, Sumerian scribes pressed wedge-shaped marks into wet clay — and

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]]> Binding Lips: The Act of Kissing Relics and Manuscripts in the Medieval Era https://brewminate.com/binding-lips-the-act-of-kissing-relics-and-manuscripts-in-the-medieval-era/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:20:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=213220 Late medieval people used osculation in several rituals adapted from the pre-Christian past. Introduction In a twelfth-century Life

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]]> 4,000+ Books Have Been Banned in Schools in the First Half of the Academic Year https://brewminate.com/4000-books-have-been-banned-in-schools-in-the-first-half-of-the-academic-year/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:15:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=233435 4,349 book bans across 52 school districts in 23 states. U.S. school districts banned more books during the

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]]> Book Bans to Jail: Alabama Republicans Are Trying to Criminalize Public Librarians https://brewminate.com/book-bans-to-jail-alabama-republicans-are-trying-to-criminalize-public-librarians/ Tue, 07 May 2024 14:03:35 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=232319 Republics need to “stop turning our libraries into political battlefields.” The Alabama Library Association and other critics on

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]]> Books and Authority: Swearing on Relics and Gospel in Medieval Europe https://brewminate.com/books-and-authority-swearing-on-relics-and-gospel-in-medieval-europe/ Tue, 07 May 2024 14:03:11 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=211071 Examining evidence wherein manuscripts self-document their own utility. Introduction Liturgical manuscripts—such as Gospels and missals—both betokened and maintained

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]]> Attempts to Ban Books are at an All-Time High – Librarians Are Fighting Back https://brewminate.com/attempts-to-ban-books-are-at-an-all-time-high-librarians-are-fighting-back/ Tue, 07 May 2024 14:02:38 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=233013 They’ve faced criminalization and harassment and in some cases have been fired. Americans last year challenged more book titles than

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]]> How to Make Informed Decisions When Purchasing Books https://brewminate.com/how-to-make-informed-decisions-when-purchasing-books/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 02:33:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=231753 Books have the power to transport us to different worlds, broaden our horizons, and deepen our understanding of

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]]> Bankers and Booksellers: Evidence of the Book Trade in Late 15th-Century England https://brewminate.com/bankers-and-booksellers-evidence-of-the-book-trade-in-late-15th-century-england/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:15:21 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=219051 The Bardi bank had been one of the major players in the fourteenth century. By M.T.W. Payne In

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]]> History, Politics, and Law: Bookshelves in the Colonial South https://brewminate.com/history-politics-and-law-bookshelves-in-the-colonial-south/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:32:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=202641 Many had often read and frequently referred to well-known theories. Though religious works were almost surely throughout the

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]]> Victory Book Campaigns: How World War II Turned Soldiers into Bookworms https://brewminate.com/victory-book-campaigns-how-world-war-ii-turned-soldiers-into-bookworms/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:03:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=196228 American soldiers devoured paperbacks on the front lines, spawning a new generation of readers. In January 1942, thousands

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